MADRID, Spain.- Cuban actress Ana de Armas continues to reap awards for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the film Blonde, from director Andrew Dominic. In recent days, she received the Best Actress award from the Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television.
Although De Armas was not present at the awards ceremony, held in Los Angeles, through a video Shared on social networks, he thanked Netflix, its director, producers and co-stars, as well as his hair and makeup team, costume designer and dialect coach.
ana de armas’s acceptance speech for the critics choice association’s celebration of latino cinema & television ? https://t.co/rDCzLLNreI
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“Blonde is the movie that I always dreamed of doing, and many times in my career I thought that I would never have the chance to do something like this, and I don’t mean just playing Marilyn Monroe, which was unthinkable for many”, but also “a the opportunity that would really make me feel like I was breaking free from labels, that would allow me to push myself to my limits, to do something innovative that would prove to me and other Latinos that we can do anything given the chance,” declared the actress.
Last September Ana de Armas was applauded for 14 minutes after the world premiere of blondee, at the Venice Film Festival.
While in October it remained in the position number three of the Sensacine selection, second only to the American actor Evan Peters, star of the series Scarlet Witch Y he sawn; and by the Spanish Mónica Miranda, one of the protagonists of the Netflix series, The ones in the last rowa.
De Armas is currently in Prague, filming Ballerina, the spin off of john wick.
After the worldwide success of Ana de Armas in Blondeand the belief of many that he will be among the possible winners of an Oscar in the 2023 edition, several Cubans have asked him to take advantage of his popularity to denounce and give visibility to the repression that exists in Cuba, his native country.
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